Rhizomnium appalachianum is a species of moss in the family Mniaceae native to the Eastern United States and Canada, from Manitoba to Newfoundland and south to South Carolina.[1] It grows 4-8cm tall, and has relatively large leaves for a moss which are typically 6.5mm wide and 10mm long. The stems are covered in reddish hairs. It grows in wet areas such as along streams and in seeps and especially the edges where there is a transition from wet to dry.[3]
| Rhizomnium appalachianum | |
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| Rhizomnium appalachianum growing from a seep in Dolly Sods Wilderness WV | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Bryophyta |
| Class: | Bryopsida |
| Subclass: | Bryidae |
| Order: | Bryales |
| Family: | Mniaceae |
| Genus: | Rhizomnium |
| Species: | R. appalachianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhizomnium appalachianum T. J. Koponen
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References
edit- ^ a b McIntosh, Terry (2014). "Rhizomnium appalachianum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 28. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 30 April 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rhizomnium appalachianum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Koponen, Timo (1973). "Rhizomnium (Mniaceae) in North America". Annales Botanici Fennici. 10 (1): 1–26. ISSN 0003-3847. JSTOR 23724636.